Subsurface drip irrigation systems for specialty crop production in North Dakota

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 671-679

  Steele, D D ^a   Greenland, R G ^b   Gregor, B L ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Oakes Irrigation Field Trials ^*

Author keywords

Cabbage; Sweet corn; Trickle; Winter squash

Indexed keywords

CROPS; TRAFFICABILITY; TRICKLING FILTRATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 0030287699     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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